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Returning to the Foundation: Reflections on ENG 285
Last fall, I enrolled in a course that I had been quietly anticipating for many years. As a student pursuing a second…
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“Heated Rivalry” and the Miracle of Happy Endings in Queer Media
Heated Rivalry (2025) is a television series created by Canadian actor and director Jacob Tierney. It is an adaptation of Rachel Reid’s…
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Coffee Talk – Karissa L. Geisinger
Karissa is a senior English major and Creative Writing minor at Western Illinois University. In their free time, they like to watch…
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Learning with Literature, Electric and Educated: A review of “The Flamethrowers”
A review of The Flamethrowers, by Rachel Kushner. Scribner, 2013. Some individuals may leave Rachel Kushner’s 2014 novel asking, ‘what was the…
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We must also be The Cure: A review of “Everything is Tuberculosis”
A review of Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green. Penguin Random House, 2025. 184 pages Everyone is familiar with John Green; he…
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What’s Your Bag? w/ Stephanie Bendeck Roman
M&L: What’s your bag? SBD: I actually received this bag from my older brother as a gift at my high school graduation…
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LGBT Representation in “Red, White & Royal Blue”
A review of Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston. St Martin’s Griffin, 2019. When I picked up Red, White &…
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“The Mirror & the Lamp” reviews “AURORA: What Happened to the Earth? Live From Mexico City”
On Saturday, March 7th, at 3:45 p.m. McKenna Schillinger, Taylor Whitmore, Carter L. Myers, Cecilia Garcia Luengas, and Karissa L. Geisinger attended…
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Visiting The Goon Squad: Examining Jennifer Egan’s Time at Western Illinois University
On March 5th, 2026, Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist, author of 2010’s A Visit from the Goon Squad and its 2022…
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Proust Questionnaire – Jennifer Egan
This was a live edited interview between Karissa Geisinger and Jennifer Egan, conducted on March 5th, 2026. Jennifer Egan is a Brooklyn-based…
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All that glitters is not “Schmutz” a feature on Dr. Seegulam’s presentation of “The Philosophy of Schmutz”
On a warm day in February 2026, Dr. Esa Seegulam presented on The Philosophy of Schmutz in the Camp Point Library. There…
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Everyday English Majors: Guysha Guy
Guysha Guy is currently an undergraduate student at Western Illinois University, majoring in English Literature and minoring in Creative Writing. She loves…
The Department of English at Western Illinois University